Regal Princess....WOW!!!

Regal Princess  WOW!!!

Much to my surprise I slept quite well and woke up at 7:50. That gave me time to be in the bathroom before the alarm woke Ken. I was able to check my e-mail and found personal messages which is always fun.

We dressed and went down to breakfast. It was actually quite good. We could have made waffles but in the interest of saving calories we ate sensibly.

Then we came back to our room and tried to get things organized. I discovered much to my chagrin that a bottle of nail polish had opened during the trip and a pocket of my carry on was now not useable. Since we did not have to weigh the cases things were rearranged with space rather than weight in mind. But there was the problem of the wine and the flowers. Ken managed to put bags between the 2 bottles so they would not clank but the flowers were a different story. I managed to use the cups that were in the bathroom and with the coffee machine as well as a plastic garbage bag to keep them in a bit of water. I had them in the tub over night but now to get them to the ship in good shape. It was not easy to keep the water from spilling while I juggled my carry on and my now very heavy suitcase and my purse on the way to the shuttle. But the flowers were very important and I managed somehow.

Once we got to the ship the luggage was checked and now I only had flowers and carry on to worry about, if you ignore boarding passes and passports that had to be shown. Soon the glass tipped and I had water in the bottom of the bag . We were placed in the preferred line for boarding and so many of the ladies admired my flowers and the men accused Ken of making them look bad.

When we were finally on board we were sent to deck 16 to have lunch at Horizon court because our rooms were not ready. When we finally got to one section of Horizon we found a seat. My arms were tired from struggling with everything. I could not manage to get the flowers to stand or lean and now the bag had begun to leak. So near and yet so far from getting them to my mini. Ken managed to stand them in a corner for me. I went to check out Horizon Court…..

WOW!! I cannot believe how big it is and how many sections it has and many choices there are. I cannot think of a thing that was not there. Too much and so overwhelming.

 I choose some scallops and some salad fixings, but I could have had anything. When I returned Ken had been joined at the table but a couple from Philly ( I think). Anyway they talk non-stop and it turns out that they are scheduled to be at our table in the dining room. That was such an amazing coincidence.

We left the buffet and headed for our room…

You cannot imagine how surprised and thrilled I was to walk into the room and there on the entry shelf was the Princess Bouquet, complete with orchids and ginger blossoms and bird of paradise….. Kim (our travel agent) had sent our a bon voyage gift of flowers. I would not have struggled with flowers had I known. But now our suite has flowers in the entry way and in the living room area.

Next came the thrill of the room. It is beautiful and large and bright and the accent color is blue. What more could you ask for???

Our room steward is Olivia. This is the first time our steward has been female. Boy is she good!! She had our room all set for us and asked when we wanted our champagne, she took our mini bar changes and offered to make the swaps for us, and then she took a list of what we wanted, like wine glasses and a vase for my flowers..

Then we left our room to tour the ship while we waited for luggage to arrive. The ship is amazing. I am certain it will take 6 or more pages in my book to show just a small fraction of the features of it. 

We found our dining room and the muster stations and the Princess Theatre. The theatre is wonderful. There are no obstructions at all and the seats are staggered so even vertically challenged people get a good view from everywhere.

When we returned to the room an hour or so later and my luggage had arrived. I got unpacked and got our door decorated. 

It was great to have so much storage space. There are shelves and drawers that we will not be using. AND there were tons of hangers. I could hang all of the tee shirts instead of bunching them onto a shelf.

Soon it was time to go to Muster stations.